Appeal No. 2000-1958
Application No. 08/854,620
manipulating free induction delays (FIDs) of recorded spectra and
that tolerance to “chemical shifts” can be obtained by
mathematically modifying the original data. That portion of
Meyer also indicates that “Chemical shifts can be changed by
shifting the transformed spectrum left and right.” We do not
understand how, exactly, the examiner is relying on this portion
of Meyer to teach or suggest a database of reference spectral
line data of various elements in different compound forms and a
comparison, with that reference spectral line data including
chemical shifts, of a measured spectral line data.
Column 19, lines 1-15, of Meyer, relates to signal overlap
in the hump region of the spectrum increasing as the complexity
of a molecule increases. It explains that in order to get a
satisfactory level of discrimination between closely related
structures, resolution-enhanced spectra may be necessary for a
neural network analysis. This section also explains that if the
complex hump region of the spectrum can be resolved into
individual lines, the spectrum may be more easily recognized by a
neural network. Again, we do not understand how such disclosure
is believed by the examiner to teach or suggest a database of
reference spectral line data of various elements in different
compound forms and a comparison, with that reference spectral
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